ST FRANCIS of ASSISI
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"Beauty does not linger,
Yet beauty's visitation affects us and invites us into its rhythm,
it calls us to feel, think, and act beautifully in the world:
to create and live a life that awakens the Beautiful."
John O'Donahue
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Celebrate With Us
WALK the STATIONS of THE CROSS IN THE NARTHEX
The 14Stations of the Cross by Chuck Lehman, and calligraphy "Laetatus Sum" by Fr. Robert Palladino will be on display in the Narthex through the first Sunday of Lent.
This exhibit, courtesy of Sanctuary for Sacred Arts and the St. Francis Visual Arts Ministry will be followed in March and April by artist Valerie Sjodin's nine paintings depicting the "I Am" sayings of Christ.
If you would like to walk the Stations of the Cross their order is as follows: #1-10 begin in the Sacristy Hall: Betrayel and Trial of Christ, Peter's Denial. Stations #11-12: Condemnation of Christ to Crucifixtion: either side of the bulletin board at the Sanctuary door entrance. Stations #13-14 Crucifixion and Burial of Christ.
This walk concludes on the west interior wall of St. Francis Memorial Garden with the "Laetatus Sum" (Rejoice Jerusalem) a calligraphy created by Fr. Robert Palladino for Laetare' Sunday -the 4th Sunday of Lent and taken from Psalm 121/122 the Psalms of Ascent to the Temple Mount for Passover.
To the right and left of the calligraphy respectively "Fiat Pax - Watchman" by Laura Nunn also depicting the Psalms of Ascents, and "The Curtain is Torn" depicting the inner temple at the time of Christ's death.
The Narthex Gallery is open to the public Tues.- Friday 9-2:00pm and Sundays 8 am- 12:30pm